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Perennial

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means lasting or recurring continuously, or a plant that lives for several years
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Stage 1 of 2
perennis
Latin · ancient
"lasting through the years"
lasting through the years, from per- (through) and annus (year)
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Stage 2 of 2
perennial
English · 1640s
"lasting or recurring continuously over a long time"
settled as the English word for something lasting or recurring continuously
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